Potty training help??

Question

My daughter is 3 and still is not going on the potty, is this terribly abnormale? Should I worry?? I am worrying and I dont know what to do to help her want to go on the potty. She has gone on the potty before and I have tryied all kinds of suggestions from other people. I even tried to just put her in her little girl panties and just let her walk around the house but all she did was pee all over the place and I got frusterated and tired of cleaning it up. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!

As always, thanks in advance!!

I also tried the whole making her go on the potty, even though it is adviced against. That didnt work either. It totally turned her off to going on the potty at all and all she did was cry when we would even as her if she had to go. I see now why they tell parents not to force their children to go on the potty now. it might have possibly even set her back a bit.

There is no reason to be rude or swear in your answers!! You know who you are. This is supossed to be to help other people not be rude or offensive. You can get your point or answer across without having to resort to that, thanks!

Answer 1

I have seen kids trained at 18 months and others are almost 4.
something just clicks with them and if you talk to many new experts you are supposed to only train them when they are ready. that is the new idea

I make sure i praise my little girl everytime she goes on the potty whether she goes or not. i just say oh nothing this time. next time will be great too! it is a reflex to learn how to pee.

i understand it is something that needs to be done. try talking to her. are you using a toilet or a potty? maybe she would prefer the other to what you are using? maybe she got scared adn you have to calm her fears. children get scared because they don't know what we know. talk to her.

there is a great website called www.pottytrainingconcepts.com try that out.

good luck. your daughter isn't a retarded dog. that poster is... there was no need for the rudeness of that poster just wanted to let you know. it is all in your daughters want and need to do this.

Answer 2

There is one answer that someone has given you that you should totally ignore. First of all, you dont shove it in their head. Second of all its a training process so she will learn and no need to think of her as a "retarted dog" This website is to get realistic answers not answers just to make someone mad. My daughter is 32 months. Just a few shy of 3 years. She is still learning. What we have tried is, putting her potty chair where ever she was comfortable with it. For a while we had it in the corner of the living room so she could run to it where ever. Then she realized that we were using the bathroom to go potty so she wanted it in there. When we had to go we would ask her if she wanted to. So, while I was pottying she would go sit on her potty. She finally got use to it and got rewards for going. Then when she knew what to do she got big girl panites and was excited about having them. So, when then told her she was a big girl and she should start using the big girl potty and we told her the little potty chair needed to be put up so her sister could use it later. So, she took it and put it in the shed. Now, she uses the potty all the time and no accidents at night. We are still training but its going well. She has had no accidents in 4 days. Thats a big deal to her. I guess the best advice is be patient. You need to get eye level with her and tell her that its not a good girl when she potties in the floor. Dont yell at her or put her in time out. Its a learning process. Just show her its not good. Also, dont show anger or hide it because she knows when your upset. Best of luck to you.

Answer 3

I found the most incredible tool for potty training. What worked for my daughter and my son is The Potty Stool http://www.thepottystool.com I started by just setting it at the toilet. My kids immediately climbed up on the stool and discovered that they could safely and securely use the toilet. This got them very interested in using the toilet and they were potty trained very quickly. Kids like to use what they know mommy and daddy use. And it really is wonderful having your kids independently use the toilet on their own. The handles make all the difference --my daughter felt comfortable and was relaxed enough to have easy bowel movements.

I like that I don't have to double the steps of potty training by training them first in a potty and then training them to stop using a potty. And not dumping and cleaning a potty each time is great. The best thing is that kids use it for years. I hope this helps you

Answer 4

I think it very common for children to still not be potty trained at 3. My own daughter is just getting the hang of it and she is nearly 3.5. Some times you do have to force the issue a little. My daughter seriously liked to wear diapers. I knew she knew how to use the potty, she just couldn't be bothered. So I told her there was a world wide diaper shortage and we had to save all the diapers for the littlest babies. I don't know if she believed me or not but after sitting bare bummed in the hallway for 3 hours I think she believed I wasn't going to give her another diaper. We've been making stead progress since then.

Don't dispare. Your child will not still be wearing diapers at 6 although I know it feels that way sometimes.

Answer 5

You should purchase a potty seat he can use at the grownup potty, or you'll make him use the child. Either means you can more commonly ought to keep in the toilet with him till he is going for the primary few months of potty coaching. Don't assume him to be in a position to head in there and care for it himself. Grab a guide and plant your self till he is going. Don't make it worrying. You can present a gift of a few sort if he makes use of both potty (like 2 m&m's). Be sufferer despite the fact that he is not and do not fear. Training takes time.

Answer 6

I can say good luck, and let you know that 5 year old don't end up with diapers on ween they go to school.
I do not think that there is anything wrong with your daughter, she just dose not want to do it now. you may want to try again in a few weeks.
You could try the sticker or little candy if she goes or even trys to go. 1 M&M for just getting and sitting for a few seconds and 2-3 if she goes. let her pick the color that way she is mor in controll. Or you could go for the BIG REWARD, a doll or something she likes.
I also know what you mean about sugusting the potty once an hour, that just pissed my daughter off. She now know when she has to go.
Good Luck,

Answer 7

If it bothers you that much, take her to her pedi.. Honestly tho all you can really do is show them the way and let them figure it out. My daughter is 2 and we're still workin on her. You gotta just keep going forward, keep cleaning up after her.. If you get tired of cleaning in up, maybe have her clean up or help clean her own mess.. then maybe she'd be more apt to go on the potty instead of cleaning her pee off the floor... That's what I do with my daughter too, and she has actually been goin pee on the potty very well lately. Dont go backwards tho and put her back in diapers or pullups.. just stick it out with the undies, she'll get the hang of it eventually... encourage it, ask her all the time if she has to potty, invite her to go potty when you have to go. My daugher will usually always go pee/poopie with mommy, lol

Answer 8

i have potty trained one child of my own and assisted in training several others

heres what works

put her in panties tell her she cant pee or poop on them
then sit her on the potty once an hour every hour all day.
put her on the potty as soon as she wakes up in the morning after naps and last thing after brushing teeth

save diapers or pull ups for when out of the house naps and bedtimes

i trained my son and a friends daughter in one week for my son and three weeks for thre girl she was younger

Answer 9

Imagine if everyone was given what they wanted everytime they started crying - what a world we'd live in.

Going to the restroom & using the toilet isn't something we can take or leave - it's something that we all have to learn to do.

Sit her little asss down on the toilet and don't let her leave until it gets into her head that this is what we do when we need to eliminate waste.

She may scream and cry but so what. Even animals can be trained before age 3. There's something seriously wrong with your kid.

When she goes on the floor, show it to her and say "No! That's Nasty!!"

Take her to the toilet and make her sit there - even if she's already crapped all over your floor.

Eventually she'll get the idea that crapping/pissing is something we do in the bathroom IN the potty & not all over the house like a retarded dog.

Good Luck.

Answer 10

I have potty trained three of my own and two of my friends little ones, so first take all diapers and pull-ups away and know you are not going to go out for awhile, yes you WILL get frustrated!!! go buy some latex gloves, make her wear her undies pout her on the potty make her sit there unitll she goes, if she goes in her pants DO NOT change her right away, put gloves on her and make her help you clean it up while still in wet underwear after it is clean then she can get dry, most kids at this age will get angry that they are still wet and not like it, the smae goes for if she poops in her undies I know it sounds gross but it works, make her stay in them for awhile and keep sayign that doesn't that feel gross also make a reward system she is three and knows what trats are go get a glass jar and some stones, everytime she goes on the potty let her pu t1 in for #1 and 2 for number 2 make a line on the jar and when she gets to that line she gets to go to the store with you and pick out her own big girl prize! Do not try to make her do this at night yet let her get the day down first, put her in Pull-ups NOT DIAPERS for naps if she still takes them and bed time but still get her up at like 10pm and make her go to the bathroom even if she just sits there for like 5 minutes she will get used to it but make sure it is everynight at 10pm--(my kids still get up at tem to pee on their own) When she gets day time down then do nap time make sur eyou have a plastci mattress protector on there you can get them from target fo rlike 6 bucks, if she make sit through nap she gts 5 stones for her jar! after she wakes up for a week with no accidents then do it at night time REMBER to take her to the bathroom right before you go to bed or at ten pm!!!! if she makes it through the night give her 6 stones!!!! this will take you about 3 weeks but so worth it and don't put her in pull-ups to go to the store if she wets herself make her walk around wet she will learn!